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Tied in with the release of Disney's classic DuckTales TV series on DVD, Gemstone is issuing these special graphic novels collecting the vintage Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge stories that DuckTales adapted to animation. This second volume includes "Giant Robot Robbers," "The Golden Fleecing," "The Horseradish Story," "The Status Seeker," "Tralla-La" and more! ... Read more

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Great reprint
I was looking for a good reprint of some classic Carl Barks to share with my kids, and this is it.High quality production and excellent choices for stories, including the all-time great "Tralla La", i.e. the bottle cap story.

Classic Carl Barks cartoon gems
This is great stuff... It's hard to beat these old, classic Carl Barks "Donald Duck" stories for their sheer entertainment value and craftsmanship, and for their family-friendly content.My kid recently expressed an interest in comic books, and I was dismayed to find out how little there is out there for really little kids to read... The old Harvey stuff is no longer on the market (and was way too dumb, anyway) and the superhero books I grew up on are just too violent, even reprints of the older stuff.The comicbook industry has grown up along with its readers, but it unfortunately forgot to leave some room for younger readers to enjoy the medium as well. Thank goodness, then, for these Disney reprints from Gladstone publishers -- if you're looking for kid-friendly comics that won't insult your intelligence, this is one of your best bets. (ReadThatAgain children's book reviews)

Wonderful comics
Carl Barks did for talking ducks what Herge did for adventurous boy reporters. His Uncle Scrooge stories are fantastic examples of all ages material that is genuinely entertaining for all ages. A must for anyone with eyes.

DuckTales Volume 2
Great comic!Just as I remember the original stories.Great for jogging childhood memories!

As good as Volume 1
See my review for the first volume -- a wonderful collection by a great graphic storyteller. I hope more of Carl Barks' duck tales will be published in this series. ... Read more

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It's the first in a new series of Gemstone trade paperbacks - pairing Carl Barks' classic Scrooge adventures with Don Rosa's modern-day sequels! This time "Land of the Pygmy Indians" is teamed with its follow-up, "War of the Wendigo!" When Scrooge grows sick of the big city's rumble, his back-to-nature journey takes him to a pueblo untouched by modern times. There he meets the Peeweegah, Native Americans whose traditions haven't changed in a thousand years... and whom he must defend from modernity's encroaching grasp! ... Read more

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great
this is neat i think its real far-out, groovy even! lol i did love it though

anderson83ster
We have a bit of a collection of the Carl Barks ducks and it was fun to have one by Rosa.

Great first collection in this new series
This is the first in a new series of collections pairing Barks originals with Rosa's 'sequals'.

I look forward to the future ones in this series (I know #3 and 4 have been announced at this time).

While I recall the Barks story (from an old Gold Key reprint most likely), I never read the Rosa sequel, so this was a new experience for me.

The gift of continuity
My interest in the Ducks has recently been renewed, after growing up on Duck Tales cartoons and such.I had read a couple of Gladstone comics as a youth and somehow the experience has stuck with me.Perhaps I am turning to these comics now that the Marvel and DC superhero comics that I loved have become so much less innocent.

I am at the point in my life where I expect to be a father soon, and I hope to pass down a love of comics to my children, someday.But what do I want to give them?Dark, gritty, murderous modern superhero comics, where someone is as likely to get their brains blown out as they are to save the day?You know what?Life is hard enough, already.

I'd rather give my kids a bright world, with an incredible sense of adventure.I have recently read Rosa's "The Life and Times of Uncle Scrooge" and truly enjoyed it.I found myself entertained, absorbed, and- remarkably - educated by the experience.These may be "funny animal" comics, but they are in no way dumb comics.

Rosa grew up as a fan of Carl Barks and his landmark Duck stories.You can tell how very much his artwork is inspired by Barks' own.There are still some differences.While the Ducks themselves look very similar (compare Barks' page 1, panel 3 with Rosa's page 1, panel 1), Rosa's backgrounds are more intricate.Also, I have noticed that Rosa's lines are a little thinner, and reminiscent somehow of Sergio Aragones in thatthere may be small gags in panels that you really have to look for.

Aside from all that, what this volume highlights - and what I believe is Rosa's real gift to the world of the Ducks - is continuity.Here we have an original, classic Barks' tale paired with Rosa's sequel.That kind of continuity appeals especially to me as a longtime fan of serial superhero comic stories.After living that way for so long, it is hard to switch to purely episodic tales.That is why I am grateful to Rosa, and for this collection.

Thanks to Rosa's "Life and Times of Uncle Scrooge" I will be able to go back and enjoy Barks' classic Scrooge tales with a feeling of the greater picture.Thanks to this volume, I have enjoyed a classic Barks' tale and a satisfying follow-up.And thanks to the fine folks at Gemstone, I will have bright, smart comics to pass down to my children. ... Read more

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For over twenty-five years, Disney artist Carl Barks (1901–2000) created some of the most brilliant and funny stories in comic books. Gifted and prolific, he was the author of over 500 tales in the most popular comic books of all time. Although he was never allowed to sign his name and worked in anonymity, Barks’s unique artistic style and storytelling were immediately evident to all his readers. Barks created the town of Duckburg, and a cast of characters that included Donald Duck’s fabulously wealthy Uncle Scrooge, the lucky loafer Gladstone Gander, the daffy inventor Gyro Gearloose, the rougish crooks the Beagle Boys, and the Italian sorceress Magica de Spell.

Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity is the first critical study of Barks’s work in English. From a cultural studies perspective, the author analyzes all phases of Barks’s career from his work in animation to his post-retirement years writing the Junior Woodchucks stories.

Andrae argues that Barks’s oeuvre presents a vision strikingly different from the Disney ethos. Barks’s central theme is a critique of modernity. His tales offer a mordant satire of Western imperialism and America’s obsession with wealth, success, consumerism, and technological mastery, offering one of the few communal, ecological visions in popular culture. Although a talented visual artist, Barks was also one of America’s greatest storytellers and, Andrae contends, lifted the comic book form to the level of great literature. ... Read more

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Very Pleased
I got this book for my college history senior paper and I actually enjoyed reading it. I am only using an actual chapter out of it for my paper the book in its entirity is great.

Interesting in places but...
Althought the book is interesting in many parts, it tends to bog down too much in academic diversions.

sociological perspectives and critiques in Carl Bark's comics
Certainly Carl Barks is well-known for his vivid, singular drawings of the Donald Duck characters in the Disney comics and cartoons. He would have a place in the pantheon of 20th-century comic illustrators for the imagination of his portrayals and scenes on the basis of their entertainment value alone. But beneath the prodigious output were deep undertones reflecting concerns and mores of popular culture and an implicit critique of many of these--which aspects of Barks's comic illustrations Andrae fully brings out. "Barks's tales are inextricably linked to the politics of his time and offer one of the most trenchant critiques of patriarchal capitalism in any popular media." One sees this inhering in the character Uncle Scrooge with his boundless love of lucre and joy in diving into his swimming pool filled with coins. Born in 1900, Barks lived to be nearly 100. He teamed with Disney in the 1930s. In his later decades, Barks evolved from implicit perspectives on general foibles such as greed and materialism to criticisms of specific aspects of U. S. politics and its effects. Many of these later strips "call into question the tentacle-like homogenization of both the Third World and the United States by consumerism and global capitalism." Andrae covers amply all of the layers of Barks's illustration art from unique style with lasting appeal to incorporation of issues of popular culture and often critiques of these. Readers will look forward to subsequent books following this first in the publisher's Great Comic Artists Series.

Excellent historical look at the work of Carl Barks
Thomas Andrae's new book is an informative explanation of the historical and personal backgrounds of the Disney comic book work of Carl Barks. Beginning from the obvious--but often overlooked--premise that Barks did not write in a vacuum, Andrae explored the various social and historical phenomena of the 1940s-1960s. Probably even the most amateur Barks scholar could see that Barks's later Asia-based stories, like "The Treasure of Marco Polo," were grounded in the political turmoil of the day (the Vietnam War, rise of the Khmer Rouge, etc.). Much less obvious, however, is, for example, his treatment of the feminist movement following World War II, or the national shift from an economy of hard-working, entrepreneurs to a bunch of wage-slave desk jockeys. The former is most often represented in Donald's interactions with Daisy; the latter actually is part and parcel to a shift in the theme of Barks's Donald ten-pagers--Donald becomes a downtrodden, one-of-the-masses employee, no longer with any hope for his future. Throughout one realizes that intentionally or not, Barks chronicled history in his stories.

Andrae also delves into Barks's personal background as it pertains to his stories. While largely abstaining from writing a biography, he frequently makes specific note of events in Barks's life that influenced a given story. For example, Barks went through a wrenching divorce in the late 1940s, in which his wife enlisted the help of a lawyer and took from him literally everything except his art supplies, clothes, and a blanket. From that we get stories involving lawyers like Sharky, the shyster of "The Golden Helmet." Andrae also examines less personal influences, like the real town of Hemet that spawned Uncle Scrooge's money bin.

On both of these points, the book is fantastic and well worth reading. There are a handful of criticisms I have to offer, though. For one thing, a great deal of the first two chapters focuses on Barks's cartooning career prior to his career as a comic book artist. While Barks learned a great many lessons from these experiences that are employed in the comics, they do not require nearly seventy pages in a treatise on "the Disney Comic Book." For another thing, Andrae, in his efforts to offer interpretations of Barks's stories beyond the historical, much too often resorts to psychological explanations involving repressed or socially inhibited sexual desires, fears of castration, fetishes, and the like. It is absurd to think that Barks's characters are undergoing such stresses in the majority of his stories. I strongly suspect that the emotional turmoil Donald et al. experience is much more related to simple social anxiety than anything sexual. The main criticism I have of the book, however, is that it relies too heavily on editorials in the Carl Barks Library and on interviews from Conversations with Carl Barks, by Donald Ault. Not so much, by any means, that this book isn't worth reading; just that parts of it can be skimmed by a CBL-owning reader. Andrae was one of the chief editors of the CBL, and therefore can be excused for maintaining the same theories now as then; however, a new book ought to bring new insight, not regurgitation of existing thought. As stated, however, I do not believe the book seriously impaired as a result of this flaw.

On the whole, however, I recommend this book. The historical study is excellent, as noted, but additionally, I came away with greater understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment for Barks's work (which is saying something, since I had though highly of him to begin with), especially the stories I hadn't liked as much. For that alone, it is well worth reading.

Robert Hutchings
North Dakota State University
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Stunning catalog of non-Disney artwork produced before 1971 and after 1976, intended as a companion to The Fine Art of Walt Disney's Donald Duck. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies with a lithograph signed by Barks. ... Read more

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These twelve classic Uncle $crooge stories have been printed from the original negatives shot from the original artwork (which no longer exists). Completely recolored in the style of the 1930s and 1940s Disney animated cartoons. Illustrated. ... Read more

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The Celestial Arts Book
This book is known in collectors circles as the Celestial Arts book. The hardcover edition of this book was released in 1981, and the first softcover version "First Trade Edition" was not printed until 1987. The year 1987 was important to the publishers as it was the 40th anniversary of the creation of Uncle Scrooge by comic artist Carl Barks. The story "Go Slowly Sands of Time" was written for this book. Very soon after the books fairly limited printing, copies were selling for much more than sold. There is also a leatherbound limited numbered edition with a signed lithograph by Carl Barks. Page 10 of the 1987 softcover edition includes a special drawing by Mr. Barks commissioned just for that release.

The introduction is by George Lucas, a big Carl Barks fan. Next is an essay by the Mike Barrier on the biography of Carl Barks. Next follows with 11 of the most stupendous stories about Uncle Scrooge including Tralla La, Trouble From Long Ago (the horseradish story), Island in the Sky, Micro-Ducks From Outer Space, The Many Faces of Magica De Spell, Land of the Pygmy Indians, The Second-Richest Duck, Land Beneath the Ground!, The Seven Cities of Cibola, The Lemming with the Locket, and Back to the Klondike. It has an interview with Mrs. Barks who did the lettering for Carl in the word balloons. It has a checklist of the original comics. One of the most important facets of this book is that Barks himself wrote comments for each story in the book. The recoloring of the panels in the book give it a very unique look, it was done by Peter Ledger. This is much more than the coloring you would see in a normal comic. For some reason the material used on the softcover tanned very easily non these, so that the finish usually looks older than it is. But it does not seem to affect the inside pages. All in all a wonderful book, I am glad I bought my softcover 23 years ago as I will never be able to afford another.
This book, the Mike Barrier book, and the book Uncle Scrooge in Color are must haves for Carl Barks fans, in addition the the Gladstone Carl Barks Library in Color.

A Ducky Find
I first heard about this book almost fifteen years ago and then it was out of print.I was thrilled to locate a copy after all these years and the wait has been worth it!Entertaining stories and fun to read about the history of old Uncle Scrooge!

A Must for Uncle Scrooge Fans!
What a find this was when I purchased it as a teen.This large format book (it's pretty heavy)contains 12 full-color classic Carl Bark's stories of the adventures of Uncle Scrooge, printed on thick high quality paper.Includes biographical info on Bark's, plus background on the origin and development of each story provided by Bark's himself.Also includes some restored pages that were lost or deleted from original comics, a checklist of Bark's duck stories, and a never-before published Bark's "storybook" Uncle Scrooge adventure with great watercolor illustrations.

An homage to Barks
I am writing this within just a few days of one of the saddest days anycomic book fan could imagine.Carl Barks has just passed on to that greatDuckburg in the sky.This book is, without a doubt, the definitive tributeto a man whose genius is just now being recognized by many.

As you readthese outstanding adventure stories - and that's what they are - you willcome to know the technique of how this extraordinary man transcended thecomic art into the realm of high fiction.Each story is written on twolevels, sprinkled with humor and illustrated in such a realistic, yetexaggerated manner that allows the reader to identify strongly with thecharacters.

My personal favorite is "The Second Richest Duck." In this story, Scrooge, Donald and "the boys" have their truepersonalities come out with a richness found only in the best writings ofmajor adventure authors and is the equal, at least, to the best IndianaJones or James Bond story.

I read these stories to my son as he wasgrowing up and promised him the book for his future children.My daughtersnow each have their own families and the stories are now read by me to mygrandchildren.Truly, this tome is part of our family heritage.

I ownthe hardcover, coffee table edition with a signed, numbered print by Barks. I shall never part with the print, and will hand it down to my son in myestate.

Thank you Carl, for many hours of delicious reading pleasure andthe exercise of my imagination.If I could rate this book an infinitenumber of stars, I would.

Comprehensive and Entertaining !!
This is a fantastic book, covering Scrooge McDuck's life from his days in the Klondike to space travel and flying saucers.The book contains many of my favorite stories including "The Second Richest Duck" and"Land of the Pygmy Indians". There is extensive written materialabout and by Carl Barks giving much insight into the man behind the duck. Finally, there is a checklist of the comics in which Uncle Scrooge appearedfrom 1952 to 1988.All in all, this book is a "must-have" forany serious fan of Uncle Scrooge. ... Read more

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Disney artist Carl Barks (1901-2000) created one of Walt Disney's most famous characters, Scrooge McDuck. Barks also produced more than 500 comic book stories. His work is ranked among the most widely circulated, best-loved, and most influential of all comic book art.

Although the images he created are known virtually everywhere, Barks was an isolated storyteller, living in the desert of California and preferring to labor without public fanfare during most of his career.

He created work of such exceptional quality that he was accorded the greatest autonomy of any Disney artist. He is the only comic book artist ever to receive a Disney Legends award.

The influence of Barks's work on such filmmakers as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and on such artists as Gottfried Helnwein has extended Barks's significance far beyond the boundaries of comics. After Barks's death at the age of ninety-nine, Roy Disney praised him for his "brilliant artistic vision."

Carl Barks: Conversations is the only comprehensive collection of Barks's interviews. It ranges chronologically from the very first one (with Malcolm Willits, the fan who uncovered Barks's identity) to the artist's final conversations with Donald Ault in the summer of 2000. In between are interviews conducted by J. Michael Barrier, Edward Summer, Bruce Hamilton, and others. Several of these interviews are published here for the first time.

Ault's friendship with Barks, ranging over a period of thirty years, provides an unusually intimate resource not only for standard q&a interviews but also for casual conversations in informal settings.

Carl Barks: Conversations reveals previously unknown information about the life, times, and opinions of one of the master storytellers of the twentieth century.

Donald Ault, a professor of English at the University of Florida, is the author of Narrative Unbound: Re-Visioning William Blake's The Four Zoas and Visionary Physics: Blake's Response to Newton. His work has been published in Studies in Romanticism, The Wordsworth Circle, Modern Philology, and The Comics Journal. ... Read more

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Carl Barks: Master story-teller and artist
For those of us who grew up during the 40's, 50's and even the 60's, comic books were our favorite literature. Comic book lovers mostly fell into two camps, the action comic fans of super heros, and the those who enjoyed comics of cartoon animals. But the king of this latter group was Carl Barks who drew Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. Western Publishing produced these comics for Disney but really did not credit its artists as the perception that Walt Disney was the artist was an image they embraced.

Carl Barks understood his role, and as long as he had the maximum amount of creative freedom to write his comics, he was mostly ok with his role. He had bosses of lesser talent in charge of his work, yet he managed greatness despite misguided management.

The style of the book is of interviewer and interviewee, which allows Carl to tell his story in his own words. Not being one to seek the spotlight, it is doubtful that we would know much about Carl Barks without people such as Don Ault who were willing to deal Bark's reclusivness by telling the Carl Barks story by way of an interview format.

A word of advice: Reading this book will only be meaningful if one has read the comics in which Bark's stories are found. If you are not familiar with these comics, find a Carl Barks fan and ask him/her to share some of his stories with you. Then if you find yourself enjoying his humor, his artistry, and the depth of his stories, you will want to know more about the man. This book is a great way to gain such an insight.

Informative But Repetitious
This is a good book for finding out about Barks' life, but it is very repetitious because different interviewers kept asking him the same questions over and over.As Perry Mason said, "that question has been asked and answered."I would prefer a straight chronological biography that doesn't keep going over the same ground.Also, it could use a few more illustrations and a better discussion of how Barks taught himself cartooning.

Funny, Insightful, Great!
Wow, I picked up a copy of this book in paperback near where I live and I loved it.Just LOVED it. I'm lucky it made it up here where I am. I'm a big Duck fan, so I wanted to read more about the history and stuff, but I never knew how well-spoken a man Carl Barks was, and this Donald Ault--he's super!He's super because he takes Barks seriously AS A CREATIVE GENIUS, which he is/was.I see from the back cover Ault's written some pretty deep stuff, he's a professor, but he's really readable.I tend to think most (or lots) or people who are really into the Duck are pretty intelligent folks--those I know are.I don't have a heck of a lot of education, like a master's degree or book writing or whatever, but I read this whole book and I understood it and it's truly enriched my experience--and not just of Donald Duck.I can't recommend it enough.

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My 6-year-old loved it.
I was trying hard to interest a less-than-enthusiastic reader, and this worked great.Most of the comics have monsters or bad guys and are really creepy, or else you have Archie (too old) and Tintin (too difficult).I was relieved to find something age-appropriate that was this popular with the emerging reader!

Worth the purchase...
There is a lot to like about this volume of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck by Carl Barks. The two major stories (as well as the few single page gags) are beautifully drawn, vibrantly colored, and highly entertaining. The humor in the first half of "The Sunken City" is enough to get my recommendation. Yet the strorytelling (particularly in the SECOND half of "Sunken City") is not as satisfying as one would hope from a talent like Mr. Barks. The conclusion seems arbitrary and rushed, and the potential of this Atlantis story is never really explored. But don't get me wrong. The strengths far outweigh the shortcomings. The second story, "Luck of the North", also has it's moments and the packaging of the two stories together make this a good investment for anyone interested in the Disney ducks, Carl Barks, or just wonderful comic-book work.

beautifully illustrated comic book
Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck Giant Special #2 has an introduction by Geoffrey Blum and two full-length stories--"The Sunken City" and"Luck of the North."The first has Scrooge descending toAtlantis in search of the rarest coin in the world.The second has Donaldsending Gladstone to the arctic with a phony map and then feeling guilty. It's Donald and the nephews to the rescue.The colors are vivid and thestories are even more fun than the later Duck Tales cartoon series. ... Read more

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A Scientist kidnaps Donald and the kids and takes them to Persia where he awakens an acient story. ... Read more

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Great Story, Superbly Presented
I Suspect many people will buy this because they already know the artist, as well as the story. Over the years since this, and many other stories by Barks, have appeared, they have come in many formats, of which the best is the COLLECTEDWORKS OF CARL BARKS, and now this series, including this title, comes in a nicely done cover, with Libraryquality paper. I have copies of this in a previousincarnation of the GLADSTONEprints, prior to the Publishers going bust. Thankfully, someone has realised that these titles are being bought by Adults who could not afford the collected works, but who wanted a title done in a collectableformat that would last. Way too many versions of this title published since the late 50's and again in the 70s have been done on poor quality paper, and werepricedaccordingly.
This Ancient Persiatitle workswell in this comic format, however, some of the titlesoccurred originally in a strip format, and suffer when transferredto the comic page format. However, I managed to get some of these titles in a "hard" cover binding that preserved the strip ratio, without resorting to the comic page ratio that was edited with apparentlylittlethought ( these editions in original strip format came out about 1982-84, and as far as I am aware are not currently available anywhere... so I hope someone can examine some of the originalformats, and see what best goes back to the strip format).

Enjoy ANCIENT PERSIA, if you read the original story years ago, this willecho beautifully in your mind in this lovely high quality paper print edition.

Another deep dive into our murky minds
Carl Barks is to little known in the US; in my homecountry of Sweden he is a minor deity on the other hand. Whole generations of Swedes have grown up reading his fantastic tales about Donald Duck, his nephews, Gyro Gearlose, and Scrooge McDuck.
Barks himself never understodd his own greatness. He thought that he only wrote dime-a-dozen stories for kids. Yet, once you are hooked on Barks you read him also as an adult - the genius is so obvious.
On the surface this is a simple adventure tale with comic interludes, but lurking beneath is fear and madness. This is perhaps his darkest tale. Set in an ancient Persian royal tomb. The cramped corridor, where the darkness waits just outside the circle of the torches gives a claustrophobic feel, which follows us throughout the story.
One moment the professor appears rational and sane, then he is revealed to be an insane megalomaniac. While the antics of the resurrected royal family are funny, there, again, are traces of hysteria and mental unbalance.
In the end they are so disgusted by the modern ways that they voluntarily seek oblivion in death. Donald Duck survives only by dying and being resurrected several times.
The tale is funny, but it also gives the impression that the artist had far darker things in mind when he wrote it: this was the fifties, we were living in fear of the atom bomb, and what else the scientists were dreaming up in their laboratories. The tunnels and darkness are our feeling of insecurity in a world bordering on war, and our helplessness to prevent it. ... Read more

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Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures.The Carl Barks Library of Donald Duck Adventures in Color # 8. ... Read more

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Carl Barks was a Walt Disney comic book artist, and a former Disney animator. Since there were amny artists that wrote and drew Disney duck comics over the years, and artists were not allowed to sign their work, he was known to kids all around simply as the "good duck artist". In addition to the 10 pagers, and the long adventure stories he wrote for the ducks, Barks created one page funny gags. This graphic novel softcover published in 1982 reprints the second half of the original 1 page comedy strips of Carl Barks. and it is a sequel tp part 1 of 2. ... Read more

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Wonderful gags
Carl Barks was a Walt Disney comic book artist, and a former Disney animator. Since there were amny artists that wrote and drew Disney duck comics over the years, and artists were not allowed to sign their work, he was known to kids all around simply as the "good duck artist". In addition to the 10 pagers, and the long adventure stories he wrote for the ducks, Barks created one page funny gags. This graphic novel softcover published in 1982 reprints the second half of the original 1 page comedy strips of Carl Barks. and it is a sequel tp part 1 of 2.

There are other ways to get Carl Barks stories , like paying hundreds for the hardcover Carl Barks Library volumes, which are in black and white. I prefer these color editions myself, as they are more affordable and I personally favor the color. Of course the original comics and the reprint comics are an option, but this set organized them all by the author, on chronological order and they look great on the shelf.

I bought many of the entire set of these Carl Barks softcovers as they were printed, and filled in the rest later. The published set includes 25 Donald Duck Adventures, 56 volumes of Uncle Scrooge Adventures, 6 of Gyro Gearloose, and 51 or 52 of Walt Disney Comics and Stories. Each volume collects the Carl Barks stories of several comics, and tells you which comic they are from. I seem to recall that Gladstone Comics was racing to publish the last volumes of these due to a deadline set by Disney, whereby they were not going to be allowed to release any more. They got them done in time though. Some titles came with collectible trading cards inside the sealed book, but not every title. Near the end they had to stop the the cards due to the time limit. I believe the only comics that they did not get to reprint before the cut-off for the softcover series were the small handful of Grandma Duck Stories and the Daisy Duck stories. These are very collectible, and a pleasurable way to read these stories. Nice to see you can still find them at Amazon. ... Read more

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It's the North American debut of great Italian artist Lara Molinari!In "Breakfast of Champions," Scrooge's jam factory endorses a series of extreme sports stunts... all of which Scrooge expects Donald to perform!Then, in Carl Barks' classic "Spending Money," Donald gets his own back - by frittering away Scrooge's excess millions on a cross-country drive.Scrooge battles Magica De Spell in "Luck Be a Lady"... and faces money bin burnout in "Cleaned and Intervened!"Finally, learn the origins of Bolivar, Donald's beloved St. Bernard pooch, in Kari Korhonen's "Homeward Hound!"An all-new Don Rosa pin-up rounds out the book. ... Read more

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In Carl Barks' feature-length "Thrifty Spendthrift," a hypnotized Scrooge recreates the famous "Twelve Days of Christmas" song in real life! Then "Mr. Clerkly's Christmas" explores the rocky yuletide relationship between Scrooge and his long-suffering accountant. Then in Pat and Shelly Block's "Cookery Countdown," it's Donald Duck's turn to create an explosive Christmas dinner. Finally, fan-favorite Romano Scarpa wraps things up with an extended-length Mickey and Goofy adventure, "Memoirs of an Invisible Santa"... also featuring Donald and Scrooge! ... Read more

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Great product, great service
Everything arrived in order and on time and was a big hit with the recipient.Good Amazon experience. ... Read more

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The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color # 4.Comes with Trading Card. ... Read more

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Best way to Read Barks in my opinion
This graphic novel in a softcover was published in 1992. It has the Carl Barks stories from the original comic issues #47 to #41.

There are other ways to get these stories is to pay hundreds for the editions hardcover Carl Barks Library, which are in black and white. I prefer these color editions myself, as they are more affordable. Of course the original comics and the reprint comics are an option, but this set organized them all by the author, in chronological order and they look great on the shelf.

I bought the entire set of these Carl Barks softcovers after years of tracking them all down, including 25 Donald Duck Adventures, 56 volumes of Uncle Scrooge Adventures, 6 of Gyro Gearloose, and 51 or 52 of Walt Disney Comics and Stories. Each volume collects the Carl Barks stories of several comics, and tells you which comic they are from. I seem to recall that Gladstone Comics was racing to publish the last volumes of these due to a deadline set by Disney, whereby they were not going to be allowed to release any more. They got them done in time though. Some titles came with collectible trading cards inside the sealed book, but not every title. Walt Disney Comics and Stories came with the card for example. Near the end they had to forego completing the cards in some of the other titles due to the time limit. I believe the only comics that they did not get to reprint before the cut-off for the softcover series were the small handful of Grandma Duck Stories and the Daisy Duck stories. These are very collectible, and a pleasurable way to read these stories. ... Read more

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It's Christmas!And despite Huey, Dewey, and Louie's lament, Uncle Scrooge is going on Carl Barks' "Search for the Cuspidoria"... a sunken ship hidden where Santa Claus could never find it!Next, Noel Van Horn gives us Mickey Mouse's Yuletide "Tradition": to climb steep Ominous Hill, cut a live christmas tree, then carry it down on a breakneck sled ride!Finally, in Janet Gilbert's "All Work and No Christmas," Donald's getting into the spirit of the season - but his nephews are too busy earning money as computer game programmers! ... Read more

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This special graphic novel collects the vintage Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge stories that DuckTales adapted to animation. This first volume includes "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan, Land Beneath the Ground," "The Lemming with the Locket" and more! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Awesome
Awesome awesome comics for children.Adventurous, fun, funny, timeless, visually appealing and overall harmless.Created in a different age when creativity was important not violence and bad behavior.

Classic Carl Barks cartoon gems
This is great stuff... It's hard to beat these old, classic Carl Barks "Donald Duck" stories for their sheer entertainment value and craftsmanship, and for their family-friendly content.My kid recently expressed an interest in comic books, and I was dismayed to find out how little there is out there for really little kids to read... The old Harvey stuff is no longer on the market (and was way too dumb, anyway) and the superhero books I grew up on are just too violent, even reprints of the older stuff.The comicbook industry has grown up along with its readers, but it unfortunately forgot to leave some room for younger readers to enjoy the medium as well. Thank goodness, then, for these Disney reprints from Gladstone publishers -- if you're looking for kid-friendly comics that won't insult your intelligence, this is one of your best bets. (ReadThatAgain children's book reviews)

Ductales Volume 1
Great Comics!Inspired my youngest to love Scrooge and his nephews as I much as I do!

Absolutely essential collection of classic adventure comics
It's nice to have these two low price collections of those of Carl Barks duck comics from the 1950s that were adapted into the "Ducktales" cartoon series in the 90s. Carl Barks is one of the greatest comic book creators of all time, he's up there with Will Eisner, Osamu Tezuka, Jack kirby and Hergé. For some strange reason his stuff isn't as well known in the english speaking part of the world as in Scandinavia and Germany - over there he's considered one of the greatest storytellers of the 20th century, and his stories have been as popular with generations of kids as the Harry Potter books are now. Barks wrote and drew 6.000 pages of duck stories, so this is only a small taste of his storytelling talents. The longer adventure strips collected in these books were one of the main influences on the Indiana Jones movies. His shorter 10 page stories set in Duckburg (not included here) are an obvious influence on the humour and storytelling in The Simpsons.

Among the best of Disney's presentations
I first read these stories as a child when they came out in Disney comic books and I've never forgotten them. My friends and I would check out the latest Disney comics to see if the Donald and Scrooge stories were drawn by the "good duck artist" and only buy the comic books if they were. Of course Carl Barks was uncredited, so we never knew the "good duck artist's" name, but his drawings and his humor were unmistakable. Barks was one of the most talented cartoonists of his time, and his stories -- they're really quests, often based on ancient myths -- are always delightful and have stood the test of time. A wonderful gift for any child (or grown-up) who likes good graphic story-telling. ... Read more

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Important study of Barks
Carl Barks was a Walt Disney Studio animator in the golden era when they still cranked out cartoon shorts of Mickey, Donald and the gang. He was given an opportunity to work at Western Publishing, the comic book company to write and draw Donald Duck comics. Barks actually drew several titles and covers for Western (Gold Key and Whitman comics were part of Western) including Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Walt Disney Comics and Stories, and others. Along the way he developed family and friends for the duck, including Uncle Scrooge, Gladstone Duck, Gyro Gearloose, Grandma Duck... and a whole detailed world for the ducks such as the city of Duckburg, Uncle Scrooge's money bin, the town's founder Cornelius Coot, and villians such as the Beagle Boys.

What Barks created exceeded everyone's expectations, especially his own as he was a very humble man who did not know until he was retired what a huge impact he had on his readers. He was an unsung hero as they did not allow the Disney comic artists to sign their work or publish their name in the titles. Barks simply became known as "the good duck artist" by his fans, we horded his comic books away and never knew his name back then. All this changed in 1981 when the Michael Barrier book came out and we all finally knew who he was and which were his comics. Barrier had wonderful interviews with Barks, who kindly shared his life story, his influences, and how he created his duck stories.

As we grew up, we learned that Barks work impacted many famous people who collected his works, like George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg who were kids themselves when the books were on the stands. The scene in the first Indiana Jones movie of the theft of an idol on a pedestal that triggers a series of traps including a giant rolling ball in the Indiana Jones movie is a intentional homage to a Barks comic, Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #7 in a story titled, "The Seven Cities of Cibola." in 1954, and another story called "The Prize of Pizarro" from issue #26 in 1959 used a similar gag.

This book also includes a complete bibliography of all the stories by Barks, by title, date, description of cover art, reprints, plot summary, and more. There are also 4 very useful appendix in the book. All in all, an indispensable book on Barks, and still the best on Barks in my opinion.

Gare Barks (Mrs. Carl Barks), D+M Thompson, C Yronwode
"Thank you for the copy of Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book by Michael Barrier, which we are thrilled to see finally in published form.It was worth the years of waiting, and we hope will supply the answers to the myriad of questions which Carl must answer thousands of times over.Now he can just say buy the Barrier book published by M. Lilien..." -- Gare Barks (Mrs. Carl Barks)

"Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book is the very long-awaited biography/bibliography/critique fo the Good Artist's work by Michael Barrier.It is published in a handsome, sturdy, well-designed hardcover edition by M. Lilien of New York, with a lovely dust jacket featuring a self-caricature of Barks on the front and a color photo of the Duck Man on the back.Inside you will find a detailed account of Barks' life and career, with each story discussed and highlighted.There are many photos of Barks as a young man, sketches and cartoons he did for the Calgary Eye-Opener and as inter-office gags at the Disney Studios...If you are a fan of Carl Barks, you simply, absolutely, positively and unquestionably must have this book and right now.If you are a comic-book student, you must have this book to see how thoroughly and well comics can and should be studied..." -- Don & Maggie Thompson, The Buyer's Guide For Comic Fandom (R)

"...Barrier covers not only the life of Barks but his particular thematic preoccupations (the "rescue theme" in which the parent/child roles are reversed is documented with considerable wisdom, for instance).The photos of Barks, his house, and other people he worked with are precious glimpses on an important period in comic book history, and the many drawings by Barks and others constitute a real treasure trove for both fans and scholars..." -- Cat Yronwode, The Buyer's Guide For Comic Fandom (R)

Must-have book for Carl Barks/Donald Duck fans
I bought this book quite a few years ago and am assuming that it remains essentially the same. If you know who Carl Barks is, and if you appreciate/enjoy his definitive comic book Duck stories, especially "Uncle Scrooge" (whom he created) and the Donald Duck feature in the old "Walt Disney's Comics & Stories", then you absolutely must have this book, despite its kingly price in hardcover.My first edition copy has no interior color and the b&w pics are not the best reproduction quality but, still, it is something that any self-respecting Barks fan must have in their library.

Must-have book for Carl Barks/Donald Duck fans
I bought this book quite a few years ago and am assuming that it remains essentially the same. If you know who Carl Barks is, and if you appreciate/enjoy his definitive comic book Duck stories, especially "Uncle Scrooge" (whom he created) and the Donald Duck feature in the old "Walt Disney's Comics & Stories", then you absolutely must have this book, despite its kingly price in hardcover.My first edition copy has no interior color and the b&w pics are not the best reproduction quality but, still, it is something that any self-respecting Barks fan must have in their library.

THE "GOOD DUCK ARTIST" DID MORE THAN DUCKS
Back when I was just a tater, I spent a lot of time waiting anxiously with the other kids for the next Donald Duck comic to hit the stands at the drugstore.Even at this undiscriminating stage, we all knew that oneartist drew and wrote better Donald Duck stories than anyone else.He usedexciting words that expanded our vocabularies, and his pictures were fullof wonderful, imaginative details for us to pore over.We called him the"Good Duck Artist."The GDA, of course, was Carl Barks.Hisstories were filled with wry humor which made it possible for our folks toappreciate his comics as much as we did.If you haven't been introduced toBarks and his work, you've missed out -- and this book belongs in yourlibrary.It gives the comic aficianado a look at Barks' life, career, andartistic vision, beyond just "the ducks."From his early,sometimes rather racy work for "Coo Coo" and other"spicy" magazines to his current jewel-like oil paintings (ofducks and other subjects), this book provides a comprehensive review of aunique body of work by a surprisingly complex man.Whether you're anaspiring comic artist, or a Barks fan who wants to know more about Barks,or if you're just looking for a good book with lots of fun comic art, youshould find something of interest here. ... Read more